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3 Stocks Boosting The Banking Industry Higher

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All three major indices are trading up today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average (
^DJI) trading up 22 points (0.1%) at 16,756 as of Friday, June 13, 2014, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,558 issues advancing vs. 1,369 declining with 183 unchanged.

The Banking industry currently sits up 0.2% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.2%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include
HDFC Bank (
HDB), down 2.5%, and
Credit Suisse Group (
CS), down 0.9%.

TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry higher today:

3.
Royal Bank of Scotland Group (The (
RBS) is one of the companies pushing the Banking industry higher today. As of noon trading, Royal Bank of Scotland Group (The is up $0.19 (1.7%) to $11.58 on light volume. Thus far, 295,627 shares of Royal Bank of Scotland Group (The exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 847,300 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $11.55-$11.62 after having opened the day at $11.55 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $11.39.

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, through its subsidiaries, provides banking and financial products and services to personal, commercial, corporate, and institutional customers worldwide. Royal Bank of Scotland Group (The has a market cap of $64.5 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are up 0.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there is 1 analyst who rates Royal Bank of Scotland Group (The a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and none rate it a hold.